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Over 600 Kerry people close PUP

Apr 28, 2021 13:16 By radiokerrynews
Over 600 Kerry people close PUP
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Over 600 Kerry people closed their Pandemic Unemployment Payment this week.

That’s according to the latest data from the Department of Social Protection

This week (up to April 27th), 15,776 people in Kerry are getting the Pandemic Unemployment Payment as they have lost their job due to the pandemic.

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That’s a decrease of 626 people compared to the previous week.

457 people in Kerry informed the department they were closing their PUP payment this week and returning to work; that’s down from 591 the previous week.

The number of Kerry people on the Enhanced Illness Benefit due to having COVID-19 or self-isolating continues to rise.

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This week, 9 more people got the payment bringing the total number of recipients of the payment to 3,327 in Kerry.

 

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